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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by

      Morning, Sidney!
      You slept well? 🙂

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      • A Former User
        A Former User last edited by admin

        Sidney!
        fancy what?

        I brought you a coffee, but moderators seem to've hacked it and I guess they now eventually consumed it themselves. 😕

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        • A Former User
          A Former User last edited by

          ...
          I brought you a coffee, but moderators seem to've hacked it and I guess they now eventually consumed it themselves.

          Well, I see they haven't consumed it after all, but I guess it became awfully cold now...
          Where are you, anyway?🙂

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          • Deleted User
            Deleted User last edited by

            I am fine and you?

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            • A Former User
              A Former User last edited by

              No, you're not me*:P*
              Well, it's already night started here (~7pm), and it wasn't the worst day in my life - by far.🙂 Not the best, but I'm relatively well, thanks.

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              • Deleted User
                Deleted User last edited by

                About what you want to talk?

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                • A Former User
                  A Former User last edited by

                  "What do you wanna talk about?"

                  I'm afraid to talk about something like something - in case there's already a thread about it*:lol:*

                  Well, are you an occupied person? Like business or something?
                  Or will we just discuss my pain in the neck? Though I guess it can somehow relate to device injuries anyway*;)*

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                  • Deleted User
                    Deleted User last edited by

                    I am at the university yet.

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User last edited by

                      What do you study?

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                      • linuxmint7
                        linuxmint7 last edited by

                        What do you study?

                        Books, words and pictures ?. 😃

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                        • A Former User
                          A Former User last edited by

                          Hey, why don't you put a question mark in the normal way?
                          Is it your style or what?

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                          • Deleted User
                            Deleted User last edited by

                            I am at the university yet.

                            Correcting: I am not at the university yet.

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                            • linuxmint7
                              linuxmint7 last edited by

                              Hey, why don't you put a question mark in the normal way?
                              Is it your style or what?

                              No, it's not my style (to put a space before a question mark), but it is actually required in French and Portuguese grammar/punctuation, and it is a style I prefer (though I am not French or Portuguese), and have used it all through my schooling days, till the present day. I personally think it looks a lot neater, more intelligent and less cramped.

                              As for the full-stop (period) after the question mark, that is my style. The question mark signifies the end of a question (which is standard grammar/punctuation), but in addition, (for me) the full-stop marks the end of the sentence, which is why I include both if the sentence happens to end with a question.

                              Books, words and pictures ?. (This looks neater, more intelligent and less cramped, in my opinion.)

                              Books, words and pictures? (This looks cramped, amateurish and incomplete, in my opinion.)

                              Books, words and pictures ? (This just looks incomplete, in my opinion.)

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                              • leocg
                                leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                                No, it's not my style (to put a space before a question mark), but it is actually required in French and Portuguese grammar/punctuation

                                This is new to me, i never used a space before a question mark as fair as i can remember.

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                                • A Former User
                                  A Former User last edited by

                                  No, it's not my style (to put a space before a question mark), but it is actually required in French and Portuguese grammar/punctuation, and it is a style I prefer (though I am not French or Portuguese), and have used it all through my schooling days, till the present day. I personally think it looks a lot neater, more intelligent and less cramped.

                                  You're making that up, aren't you?

                                  As for the full-stop (period) after the question mark, that is my style. The question mark signifies the end of a question (which is standard grammar/punctuation), but in addition, (for me) the full-stop marks the end of the sentence, which is why I include both if the sentence happens to end with a question.

                                  You're crazy

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                                  • A Former User
                                    A Former User last edited by

                                    This is new to me, i never used a space before a question mark as fair as i can remember.

                                    Who's that i you're always talking about?

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                                    • linuxmint7
                                      linuxmint7 last edited by

                                      This is new to me, i never used a space before a question mark as fair as i can remember.

                                      Well it was something that I was told, and I and have actually noticed a lot of French people do.

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                                      • linuxmint7
                                        linuxmint7 last edited by

                                        You're making that up, aren't you?

                                        What makes you say that ?.

                                        You're crazy

                                        That's as maybe, but are we not all a little crazy ?.

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                                        • A Former User
                                          A Former User last edited by

                                          Linux, in English and in any other language I know of no spacing is ever allowed between the ending word and the stop - any stop. There are VERY few exceptions to that - literally one: in some languages (Russian, for example) an m-dash will have single whitespaces on each side - I presume in English the rule's different (I saw many times an m-dash not having any spaces around - as normal).

                                          And ending punctuation marks - namely the full stop, the exclamation mark, the question mark, and the (ending) ellipsis - are ending punctuation marks, literally -- thus they [themselves] END the sentence (they're ending)... If I'm making myself clear...:rolleyes:

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                                          • linuxmint7
                                            linuxmint7 last edited by

                                            Linux, in English and in any other language I know of no spacing is ever allowed between the ending word and the stop - any stop. There are VERY few exceptions to that - literally one: in some languages (Russian, for example) an m-dash will have single whitespaces on each side - I presume in English the rule's different (I saw many times an m-dash not having any spaces around - as normal).

                                            As I have said, it is used in French punctuation. Here is a link with the best (I have found), general information regarding punctuation in different languages, here.

                                            Specifically this:

                                            "Furthermore, in French a space is required both before and after all punctuation marks and symbols, including (:), (;), (!), (?), (%) and ($)."

                                            And ending punctuation marks - namely the full stop, the exclamation mark, the question mark, and the (ending) ellipsis - are ending punctuation marks, literally -- thus they [themselves] END the sentence (they're ending)... If I'm making myself clear...

                                            Yes, all loud and clear, that is why I said it is my style. As for me, the question mark signifies/marks the end of the/a question, but not the sentence, which is why I include the full-stop, if, and only if the question is at the end of a sentence. Mainly because (as I have already said) it looks a lot neater, more intelligent and complete, but that's just me. I'm crazy, no ?. 😃

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